The Oxford Handbook of Shakespearean Tragedy (Oxford Handbooks)

The Oxford Handbook of Shakespearean Tragedy is a collection of fifty-four essays by a range of scholars from all parts of the world, bringing together some of the best-known writers in the field with a strong selection of younger Shakespeareans. Together these essays offer readers a fresh and comprehensive understanding of Shakespeare tragedies as both works of literature and as performance texts written by a playwright who was himself an experienced actor. The collection is organised in five sections. The substantial opening section introduces the plays by placing them in a variety of illuminating contexts: as well looking at ways in which later generations of critics have shaped our idea of 'Shakespearean' tragedy, it addresses questions of genre by examining the playwright's inheritance from the classical and medieval past, by considering tragedy's relationship to other genres (including history plays, tragicomedy, and satiric drama), and by showing how Shakespeare's tragedies respond to the pressures of early modern politics, religion, and ideas about humanity and the natural world. The second section is devoted to current textual issues; while the third offers new critical readings of each of the tragedies, from Titus Andronicus to Coriolanus. This is set beside a group of essays that deal with performance history, with screen productions, and with versions devised for the operatic stage, as well as with the extraordinary diversity of twentieth and twenty-first century re-workings of Shakespearean tragedy. The thirteen essays of the book's final section seek to expand readers' awareness of Shakespeare's global reach, tracing histories of criticism and performance across Europe, the Americas, Australasia, the Middle East, Africa, India, and East Asia. Offering the richest and most diverse collection of approaches to Shakespearean tragedy currently available, the Handbook will be an indispensable resource for students both undergraduate and graduate levels, while the lively and provocative character of its essays make will it required reading for teachers of Shakespeare everywhere. The Oxford Handbook Of Shakespearean Tragedy Is A Collection Of 54 Essays By A Range Of Scholars From All Parts Of The World, Bringing Together Some Of The Best-known Writers In The Field With A Strong Selection Of Younger Shakespeareans. Together These Essays Offer Readers A Fresh And Comprehensive Understanding Of Shakespeare Tragedies As Both Works Of Literature And As Performance Texts Written By A Playwright Who Was Himself An Experienced Actor.--publisher's Description. Part I: Genre -- What Is Shakespearean Tragedy? / Paul A. Kottman -- The Classical Inheritance / Richard Halpern -- The Medieval Inheritance / Rory Loughnane -- The Romantic Inheritance / Edward Pechter -- Ethics And Shakespearean Tragedy / Tzachi Zamir -- Character In Shakespearean Tragedy / Emma Smith -- Preposterous Nature In Shakespeare's Tragedies / Philip Armstrong -- Shakespearean Tragedy And The Language Of Lament / Lynne Magnusson -- The Pity Of It: Shakespearean Tragedy And Affect / David Hillman -- 'do You See This?' The Politics Of Attention In Shakespearean Tragedy / Steven Mullaney -- Tragedy And Religion: Religion And Revenge In Titus Andronicus And Hamlet / Peter Lake -- Shakespeare's Anatomies Of Death / Richard Sugg -- 'minded Like The Weather': The Tragic Body And Its Passions / Gail Kern Paster -- Shakespeare's Tragedy And English History / Andrew Hadfield -- Shakespeare's Tragedy And Roman History / Tom Bishop --^ Tragedy And The Satiric Voice / Hester Lees-jeffries -- 'the Action Of My Life': Tragedy, Tragicomedy, And Shakespeare's Mimetic Experiments / Subha Mukherji -- Queer Tragedy, Or Two Meditations On Cause / Lee Edelman And Madhavi Menon -- Part Ii: Textual Issues -- Authorial Revision In The Tragedies / Paul Werstine -- Digital Approaches To The Language Of Shakespearean Tragedy / Michael Witmore, Jonathan Hope, And Michael Gleicher -- Part Iii: Reading The Tragedies -- 'romaine Tragedie': The Designs Of Titus Andronicus / Michael Neill -- Romeo And Juliet As Event / Crystal Bartolovich -- Julius Caesar: Making History / Emily C. Bartels -- The Question Of Hamlet / Catherine Belsey -- Seeing Blackness: Reading Race In Othello / Ian Smith -- King Lear And The Death Of The World / Leah S. Marcus -- 'o Horror! Horror! Horror!' Macbeth And Fear / Andrew J. Power -- Antony And Cleopatra / Bernhard Klein -- Coriolanus: A Tragedy Of Language / David Schalkwyk -- Part Iv: Stage And Screen --^ Early Modern Tragedy And Performance / Tiffany Stern -- Performing Shakespearean Tragedy, 1660-1780 / Peter Holland -- Staging Shakespearean Tragedy: The Nineteenth Century / Russell Jackson -- Tragedy In Twentieth And Twenty-first Century Theatre Production: Hamlet, Lear, And The Politics Of Intimacy / Bridget Escolme -- Ontological Shivers: The Cinematic Afterlives Of Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet / Courtney Lehmann -- Hamlet: Tragedy And Film Adaptation / Douglas Lanier -- Intermediated Bodies And Bodies Of Media: Screen Othellos / Sujata Iyengar -- Screening The Tragedies: King Lear / Macdonald P. Jackson -- Macbeth On Changing Screens / Katherine Rowe -- The Roman Plays On Screen: Autonomy, Serialization, Conflation / Sarah Hatchuel And Nathalie Vienne-guerrin -- 'the Bowe Of Ulysses': Reworking The Tragedies Of Shakespeare / Peter Byrne -- Shakespeare's Tragedies On The Operatic Stage / William Germano -- Part V: The Tragedies Worldwide: (i) European Responses --^ The Tragedies In Italy / Shaul Bassi -- The Tragedies In Germany / Andreas Höfele -- French Receptions Of Shakespearean Tragedy: Between Liberty And Memory / Pascale Drouet And Nathalie Rivère De Carles -- Shakespearean Tragedy In Eastern Europe / Pavel Drábek -- Shakespearean Tragedy In Russia: In Equal Scale Weighing Delight And Dole / John Givens -- Part Vi: The Tragedies Worldwide: (ii) The Wider World -- Shakespearean Tragedy In The Nineteenth-century United States: The Case Of Julius Caesar / Gay Smith -- Unsettling The Bard: Australasia And The Pacific / Mark Houlahan -- Shakespeare's Tragedies In Southern Africa / Colette Gordon, Daniel Roux, And David Schalkwyk -- In Blood Stepped In: Tragedy And The Modern Israelites / Avraham Oz -- Shakespeare's Tragedies In North Africa And The Arab World / Khalid Amine -- Shakespearean Tragedy In Latin America And The Caribbean / Alfredo Michel Modenessi And Margarida Gandara Rauen --^ Shakespearean Tragedy In India: Politics Of Genre: Or How Newness Entered Indian Literary Culture / Poonam Trivedi -- 'it Is The East': Shakespearean Tragedies In East Asia / Alexa Huang. Edited By Michael Neill And David Schalkwyk. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. The Oxford Handbook of Shakespearean Tragedy is a collection of 54 essays by a range of scholars from all parts of the world, bringing together some of the best-known writers in the field with a strong selection of younger Shakespeareans.Together these essays offer readers a fresh and comprehensive understanding of Shakespeare tragedies as both works of literature and as performance texts written by a playwright who was himself an experienced actor. The collection is organised in five sections. The substantial opening section introduces the plays by placing them in a variety of illuminating contexts: as well looking at ways in which later generations of critics have shaped our idea of "Shakespearean" tragedy, it addresses questions of genre by examining the playwright's inheritance from the classical and medieval past, by considering tragedy's relationship to other genres (including history plays, tragicomedy, and satiric drama), and by showing how Shakespeare's tragedies respond to the pressures of early modern politics, religion, and ideas about humanity and the natural world. The second section is devoted to current textual issues; while the third offers new critical readings of each of the tragedies, from Titus Andronicus to Coriolanus. This is set beside a group of essays that deal with performance history, with screen productions, and with versions devised for the operatic stage, as well as with the extraordinary diversity of twentieth and twenty-first century re-workings of Shakespearean tragedy. The 13 essays of the book's final section seek to expand readers' awareness of Shakespeare's global reach, tracing histories of criticism and performance across Europe, the Americas, Australasia, the Middle East, Africa, India, and East Asia. Offering the richest and most diverse collection of approaches to Shakespearean tragedy currently available, the Handbook will be an indispensable resource for students both undergraduate and graduate levels, while the lively and provocative character of its essays make will it required reading for teachers of Shakespeare everywhere. The Oxford Handbook of Shakespearean Tragedy presents fifty-four essays by a range of scholars from all parts of the world. Together these essays offer readers a fresh and comprehensive understanding of Shakespeare tragedies as both works of literature and as performance texts written by a playwright who was himself an experienced actor. The opening section explores ways in which later generations of critics have shaped our idea of 'Shakespearean' tragedy, and addresses questions of genre by examining the playwright's inheritance from the classical and medieval past. The second section is devoted to current textual issues, while the third offers new critical readings of each of the tragedies. This is set beside a group of essays that deal with performance history, with screen productions, and with versions devised for the operatic stage, as well as with twentieth and twenty-first century re-workings of Shakespearean tragedy. The book's final section expands readers' awareness of Shakespeare's global reach, tracing histories of criticism and performance across Europe, the Americas, Australasia, the Middle East, Africa, India, and East Asia. The Oxford Handbook of Shakespearean Tragedy brings together fifty-four essays by scholars from all parts of the world. It offers a fresh and comprehensive understanding of Shakespeare tragedies as both works of literature and as performance texts, written by a playwright who was himself an experienced actor.